Several Teams Win On Opening Day

The Stag Beer/El Dorado nationwide softball cricket competition began last weekend with 23 matches at various venues across the country.

Roy Jafferally

Top local teams are vying for supremacy in three categories: Male Open, Female Open, and Male Over-40. In each division, the top prize is $ 50,000 and a trophy, while each category runner-up will receive $ 25,000 and a trophy as well. There are also a few individual prizes at stake.

Apart from the team and individual prizes, players will also be vying for a spot on their respective county teams for the upcoming Mike’s Pharmacy Inter-county competition, which will be played in all three categories. Below are the summarised results from the games played.

Celebrity Times A defeated Unstoppable by 62 runs. Celebrity Times A 123 all out (Balram Samaroo 30, Arshad Fariq 27, John Ragubir 2-21). Unstoppable 61 all out (Totoram Seenanand and Clive Budhoo took 3 wickets each).